Ireland national football team (FAI) - Results

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This article contains the results of the Ireland team selected by the Football Association of Ireland. It was previously known as the Irish Free State. After a FIFA ruling they became the Republic of Ireland in 1954.

1 1936
2 1937
3 1938
4 1939
5 1940-1945
6 1946
7 1947
8 1948
9 1949
10 1950
11 1951
12 1952
13 1953
14 1954
15 References
16 See also

[edit] 1936

March 17, 1936	Ireland ^[1]	1–0	Switzerland	Dalymount Park, Dublin, Ireland Friendly Attendance: 32,000 Referee: Langenus (Switzerland)
	Jimmy Dunne 34'	(Report)

May 3, 1936	Hungary	3–3	Ireland	Hungária Úti Stadium, Budapest, Hungary Friendly Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Bruell (Czechoslovakia)
	Sárosi 7', 48' (pen) Sas 75'	(Report)	Dunne 12', O'Reilly19' Dunne^[2] or Madden^[3] 68'

May 6, 1936	Rhineland XI ^[4]	4–1	Ireland	Cologne, Germany Friendly Attendance: 10,000 (estimate)
		(Report)	Jimmy Dunne	Cologne, Germany Friendly Attendance: 10,000 (estimate)

May 9, 1936	Luxembourg	1–5	Ireland	Stade Municipal, Luxembourg, Luxembourg Friendly Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Bauwens (Germany)
	Mart 59' (pen)	(Report)	Jimmy Dunne 9', 86' Donnelly 65' Kelly 71', 87'

October 17, 1936	Ireland	5–2	Germany	Dalymount Park, Dublin, Ireland Friendly Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Webb (Scotland)
	Donnelly 25', 69' Davis 35' (pen), 65' Geoghegan 58'	(Report)	Kobierski 26' Szepan 32'

December 6, 1936	Ireland	2–3	Hungary	Dalymount Park, Dublin, Ireland Friendly Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Nattrass (England)
	Fallon 20' Davis 72' (pen)	(Report)	Titkos 37' Cseh 38' Toldi 48'

[edit] 1937

May 17, 1937	Switzerland	0–1	Ireland	Wankdorf Stadium, Bern, Switzerland Friendly Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Lewington (England)
		(Report)	Jimmy Dunne 30'

May 23, 1937	France	0–2	Ireland	Colombes Stadium, Paris, France Friendly Attendance: 16,688 Referee: Krist (Czechoslovakia)
		(Report)	Jordan 52' Brown 58'

October 10, 1937	Norway	3–2	Ireland	Ullevaal, Oslo, Norway World Cup Qualifier Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Bauwens (Germany)
	Kvammen 30', 64' Martinsen 78'	(Report)	Geoghegan 37' Jimmy Dunne 49'

November 7, 1937	Ireland	3–3	Norway	Dalymount Park, Dublin, Ireland World Cup Qualifier Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Gibbs (England)
	Jimmy Dunne 10' O'Flanagan 62' Duggan 88'	(Report)	Kvammen 16', 33' Martinsen 49'

[edit] 1938

May 18, 1938	Czechoslovakia	2–2	Ireland	AC Sparta Stadium, Prague, Czechoslovakia Friendly Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Barlassina (Italy)
	Nejedly 3' (pen), 46'	(Report)	Davis 42' Jimmy Dunne 89'

May 22, 1938	Poland	6–0	Ireland	Polish Army Stadium, Warsaw, Poland Friendly Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Majorsky (Hungary)
	Wasiewicz 12' Wodarz 21', 78' Piatek 43', 50' Wilimowski 58'	(Report)

September 18, 1938	Ireland	4–0	Switzerland	Dalymount Park, Dublin, Ireland Friendly Attendance: 31,000 Referee: Mortimer (England)
	Bradshaw 1', 20' Jimmy Dunne 8' Donnelly ??'	(Report)

November 13, 1938	Ireland	3–2	Poland	Dalymount Park, Dublin, Ireland Friendly Attendance: 34,295 Referee: Bauwens (Germany)
	Fallon 10' Carey 12' Jimmy Dunne 68'	(Report)	Wilimowski 17' Piatek 83'

[edit] 1939

March 19, 1939	Ireland	2–2	Hungary	Mardyke Arena, Cork, Ireland Friendly Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Nattrass (England)
	Bradshaw 14' Carey 87'	(Report)	Zsengellér 35' Kolláth 50'

May 18, 1939	Hungary	2–2	Ireland	Hungária Úti Stadium, Budapest, Hungary Friendly Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Bauwens (Germany)
	Kolláth 41', 86'	(Report)	O'Flanagan 53', 80'

May 23, 1939	Germany	1–1	Ireland	Weserstadion, Bremen, Germany Friendly Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Remke (Denmark)
	Schön 38'	(Report)	Bradshaw 65'

[edit] 1940-1945

No matches played due to World War II

[edit] 1946

June 16, 1946	Portugal	3–1	Ireland	Estádio da Luz, Lisbon, Portugal Friendly Attendance: 60,000 Referee: von Wartburg (Switzerland)
	Araujo 7' Rogerio 17' Peyroteo 20'	(Report)	O'Reilly

June 23, 1946	Ireland	1–0	Spain	Metropolitano, Madrid, Spain Friendly Attendance: 45,000 Referee: von Wartburg (Switzerland)
	Sloan 37'	(Report)

September 30, 1946	Ireland	0–1	England	Dalymount Park, Dublin, Ireland Friendly Attendance: 31,988 Referee: Webb (Scotland)
		(Report)	Finney 82'

[edit] 1947

March 2, 1947	Ireland	3–2	Spain	Dalymount Park, Dublin, Ireland Friendly Attendance: 42,102 Referee: Barrick (England)
	Walsh 16', 79' Coad 23'	(Report)	Zarra 26', 59'

May 4, 1947	Ireland	0–2	Portugal	Dalymount Park, Dublin, Ireland Friendly Attendance: 31,618 Referee: Pearse (England)
		(Report)	Correia ??' Araujo ??'

[edit] 1948

May 23, 1948	Portugal	2–0	Ireland	Estádio da Luz, Lisbon, Portugal Friendly Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Dattilo (Italy)
	Peyroteo 22' Albano 26'	(Report)

May 30, 1948	Spain	2–1	Ireland	Montjuic Stadium, Barcelona, Spain Friendly Attendance: ??,??? Referee: Szel (France)
	Igoa 32', 71'	(Report)	Moroney ??'

July 26, 1948	Netherlands	3–1	Ireland ^[5]	Fratton Park, Portsmouth, England 1948 Summer Olympics Attendance: 8,000 Referee: George Reader (England)
	Roosenburg Wilkes Wilkes	(Report)	O'Kelly

December 5, 1948	Ireland	0–1	Switzerland	Dalymount Park, Dublin, Ireland Friendly Attendance: 25,563 Referee: Reder (England)
		(Report)	Bickel 53'

[edit] 1949

April 24, 1949	Ireland	0–2	Belgium	Dalymount Park, Dublin, Ireland Friendly Attendance: 28,018 Referee: Sdez (France)
		(Report)	Lemberechts 54' Mermans 84'

May 22, 1949	Ireland	1–0	Portugal	Dalymount Park, Dublin, Ireland Friendly Attendance: 28,108 Referee: Le Foll (France)
	Coad 35' (pen)	(Report)

June 2, 1949	Sweden	3–1	Ireland	Råsunda Stadion, Stockholm, Sweden World Cup Qualifier Attendance: 38,000 Referee: Baert (Belgium)
	Anderson 17' (pen) Jeppson 37' Liedholm 69'	(Report)	Walsh 9'

June 12, 1949	Ireland	1–4	Spain	Dalymount Park, Dublin, Ireland Friendly Attendance: 30,171 Referee: Ellis (England)
	Martin 14' (pen)	(Report)	Zarra 30', 36' Basora 35' Igoa 86'

September 8, 1949	Ireland	3–0	Finland	Dalymount Park, Dublin, Ireland World Cup Qualifier Attendance: 22,479 Referee: Evans (England)
	Gavin 35' Martin 44' (pen), 68'	(Report)

September 21, 1949	England	0–2	Ireland	Goodison Park, Liverpool, England Friendly Attendance: 51,047 Referee: Mowat (Scotland)
		(Report)	Martin 33' (pen) Farrell 85'

October 9, 1949	Ireland	1–1	Finland	Olympiastadion, Helsinki, Finland World Cup Qualifier Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Bronkhorst (Netherlands)
	Farrell 65'	(Report)	Vaihela 89'

November 13, 1949	Ireland	1–3	Sweden	Dalymount Park, Dublin, Ireland World Cup Qualifier Attendance: 41,031 Referee: Ling (England)
	Martin 61' (pen)	(Report)	Palmer 4', 40', 68'

[edit] 1950

May 10, 1950	Belgium	5–1	Ireland	Century Stadium, Brussels, Belgium Friendly Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Bronkhorst (Netherlands)
	Mermans 3', 33', 84' De Hert 19' Chaves 56'	(Report)	Duffy 72'

November 26, 1950	Ireland	2–2	Norway	Dalymount Park, Dublin, Ireland Friendly Attendance: 31,215 Referee: Pearse (England)
	Carey 24' (pen) Walsh 61'	(Report)	Bredesen 6' Andresen 11'

[edit] 1951

May 13, 1951	Ireland	0–1	Argentina	Dalymount Park, Dublin, Ireland Friendly Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Leafe (England)
		(Report)	Labruna 54'

May 30, 1951	Norway	2–3	Ireland	Ullevaal, Oslo, Norway Friendly Attendance: 20,900 Referee: Jørgensen (Denmark)
	Sorenson 14' Hvidsten 55'	(Report)	Farrell 17' Ringstead 67' Coad 82'

October 17, 1951	Ireland	3–2	West Germany	Dalymount Park, Dublin, Ireland Friendly Attendance: 29,451 Referee: Ling (England)
	Posipal 9' (og) Fitzsimons 40' Glynn 85'	(Report)	Morlock 63' Fritz Walter 75'

[edit] 1952

May 4, 1952	West Germany	3–0	Ireland	Müngersdorfer Stadion, Cologne, West Germany Friendly Attendance: 80,000 Referee: Ellis (England)
	Posipal 31' Ottmar Walter 77' Termath 87'	(Report)

May 7, 1952	Austria	6–0	Ireland	Praeter Park, Vienna, Austria Friendly Attendance: 64,000 Referee: Reinhardt (West Germany)
	Huber 22', 24', 26' Haummer 36' Dienst 58', 81'	(Report)

June 1, 1952	Spain	6–0	Ireland	Estadio Chamartín, Madrid, Spain Friendly Attendance: 75,000 Referee: Leafe (England)
	Coque 3' Gainza 10' Cesar 13' Basora 43', 70' Panizo 67'	(Report)

November 16, 1952	Ireland	1–1	France	Dalymount Park, Dublin, Ireland Friendly Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Alsteen (Belgium)
	Fallon 24'	(Report)	Piantoni 67'

[edit] 1953

March 25, 1953	Ireland	4–0	Austria	Dalymount Park, Dublin, Ireland Friendly Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Ellis (England)
	Ringstead 46', 53' Eglington 74' O'Farrell 80'	(Report)

October 4, 1953	Ireland	3–5	France	Dalymount Park, Dublin, Ireland World Cup Qualifier Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Franken (Belgium)
	Ryan 58' Walsh 83' O'Farrell 88'	(Report)	Glovacki 23' Penverne 40' Ujlaki 50',69' Flamion 72'

October 28, 1953	Ireland	4–0	Luxembourg	Dalymount Park, Dublin, Ireland World Cup Qualifier Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Bond (England)
	Fitzsimons 18', 59' Ryan 48' Eglington 62'	(Report)

November 25, 1953	France	1–0	Ireland	Parc des Princes, Paris, France World Cup Qualifier Attendance: 32,256 Referee: Van Nuffel (Belgium)
	Piantoni 73'	(Report)

[edit] 1954

March 7, 1954	Luxembourg	0–1	Ireland	Stade Municipal, Luxembourg, Luxembourg World Cup Qualifier Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Aussen (Netherlands)
		(Report)	Cummins 62'

[edit] References

^ This was the first game that the FAI referred to the team as Ireland
^ www.soccerscene.ie
^ www.kickinmagazine.ie
^ Unofficial international
^ Recognised as full international by FIFA, the IFFHS and by Netherlands national football team. See also 1924 Results.